tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post7178194160361271201..comments2023-10-31T15:14:05.373+00:00Comments on Hagley Road To Ladywood: Money makes you a better personUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-19608548698844347922009-01-30T10:01:00.000+00:002009-01-30T10:01:00.000+00:00Patriot,you find that, in proportion, popstars and...Patriot,<BR/>you find that, in proportion, popstars and actors aren't as well-paid as football players.<BR/>Any 19-year-old Premier League reserve now routinely earns the amounts of a successful veteran rockstar.claudehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-21641697504711462552009-01-29T23:31:00.000+00:002009-01-29T23:31:00.000+00:00While it can be argued that nursing/teaching are m...While it can be argued that nursing/teaching are more worthwhile professions everybody deserves to earn what someone will pay them. There are relatively few people with the talent/ability to become professional footballers and teams are willing to pay for the best. With the top teams this money will be made back through ticket sales, prize money and merchandising. It annoys me when salary caps are talked about; how would you like it if someone told you there was a maximum you could earn in your profession?<BR/><BR/>Having said this I do think nurses in particular are underpaid. Salaries in teaching and nursing will not increase unless these sectors become massively understaffed. Though I know teachers now receive a "golden handshake" to try and tempt them into the profession. <BR/><BR/>Morally it could be argued that footballers are simply kicking a ball around while teachers and nursing staff are providing an education and saving peoples lives. But it can be argued that footballers entertain thousands of people on a weekly basis. If footballers shouldn't be paid this much should film stars and pop stars be paid millions?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17101458.post-75123765829448046512009-01-29T16:38:00.000+00:002009-01-29T16:38:00.000+00:00Time for an ill-informed rant.I think that footbal...Time for an ill-informed rant.<BR/><BR/>I think that footballers are a bunch of overpaid little goits who, if there was NO football, wouldn't have the brains to carry a hod full of bricks while chewing gum and breathing without getting confused.<BR/><BR/>The salaries these guys are on are ludicrous in the extreme.<BR/><BR/>How on EARTH can anybody justify paying someone upwards of £50,000 a week? And then there's goal and match bonuses on top...<BR/><BR/>This of course generates the problem of these ameoba in human form thinking that money=power and they reveal their true colours with racist attacks, sexual assaults, drug use, gambling, drinking and fighting. They think they can buy their way out of any situation and show a contempt for the law that is stunning.<BR/><BR/>I seriously think that they should all have their wages SEVERELY capped, to say £50,000 a year. That'd soon sort out those who play the game becuase they love it and those that are in it because of the money.<BR/><BR/>Of course, money is the big problem with clubs floated on the stock market and having to answer to shareholders. Because of this they need to retain players of a caliber to draw fans and get tickets sales etc etc.<BR/><BR/>I can't help but wonder... how did they manage pre-1980?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com